This guideline applies to use of the Student Educational Experience Questionnaire (SEEQ) and the Midsemester SEEQ (MSEEQ) by University Libraries faculty members at any location who are the instructor of record for a credit-bearing course per the University Registrar’s Office.
The SEEQ is Penn State's instrument for gathering student feedback at the end of a course. The MSEEQ is an instrument for gathering feedback during the semester that gives students an opportunity to comment and instructors an opportunity to respond before the end of the course.
The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence administers the SEEQ and MSEEQ for the university. The course instructor and the instructor’s academic administrators are authorized to view the results of the SEEQ. Instructions for accessing the survey results are provided at the university’s website “Penn State Student Feedback.” Summaries of SEEQ scores for each course are also uploaded into the Faculty Activity Insight System.
The SEEQ consists of seven required questions approved by the University Faculty Senate. For the list of questions and complete instructions, consult the webpage “Assessment of Teaching - End of Semester Feedback (SEEQ)” at the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence’s website.
The SEEQ is administered every time a course is taught. (Exception: it is not administered for a course in which only one student is enrolled, typically an independent study.)
Extra points are not awarded to students as an incentive to complete the SEEQ.
CROSS REFERENCES:
Penn State Student Feedback (Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence)
Penn State Activity Insight FAQ
Activity Insight Data Import Timelines
Effective Date: February 5, 2014
Date Approved: February 5, 2014 (Library Faculty Organization)
Revision History (and effective dates):
- April 2026 - Revised to reflect switch from SRTEs to SEEQs
- April 2016 - Revised guideline
- February 2014 - Revised guideline
- March 2004 - Revised guideline
- December 2003 - Revised guideline
- April 1991 - Revised Guideline
Last Review Date: April 2026